Peabody Company To Pay $132,000 For Failure to Properly Compensate Employees

Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office said Tuesday, a Peabody waterproofing and damp-proofing company will pay more than $132,000 for failing to properly compensate its employees.

Tremont Caulking and Coating, Inc. and corporate officers, Maureen Albright, 47, and Alan P. Rose, Jr.,48, both of Peabody, have been cited for failing to pay the prevailing wage, failing to make timely payment of wages and failing to submit true and accurate certified payroll records to an awarding authority on a weekly basis.

In September 2010, the Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division began an investigation into Tremont’s payment practices after receiving complaints from multiple employees alleging Tremont was improperly paying its employees while engaged in waterproofing work on public works projects at the Howe Manning School in Middleton and the Joint Force Headquarters Project in Lexington, the Attorney General's Office said.

According to the Attorney General, investigators discovered from September 2010 through December 2010, Tremont failed to pay 10 employees a total of $62,935.08 for work performed on the Home Manning Project and a total of $24,607.18 to four employees for work performed on the Joint Force Headquarters Project. 

In addition to paying full restitution to the employees, the citations order Albright, Rose and Tremont to pay a $45,000 penalty to the Commonwealth for the violations, the Attorney General's office said.